Opis: The Synchronization of National Policies - Pertti Alasuutari

The Synchronization of National Policies shows how it is possible that there is remarkable uniformity in the policies that the nation-states adopt, although there is no world government. Mainstream research attributes such global governance to the influence of leading countries, to functional requirements created by capitalism and technological development, or to international organizations. This book argues that to understand how national policies are synchronized we need to realize that the global population forms a single global tribe of moderns, divided into some 200 clans called nations. While previous research on the world culture of moderns has focused on the diffusion of ideas, this book concentrates on the active role of local actors, who introduce global models and domesticate them to nation-states. In national policymaking, actors justify new policies by international comparisons, by the successes and failures of models adopted in other countries, and by building and appealing to the authority of international organizations. Consequently, national policies are synchronized with each other. Yet, because of the way such domestication of global trends takes place, citizens retain and reproduce the understanding that they follow a sovereign national trajectory. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology, world culture theory, globalization, international relations, and political science. "In recent decades, policies and rationales for them have spread around the world to an extraordinary extent. The diffusion is amplified by international organizations of all stripes, and by the common world cultures of the rapidly-expanding professions. Pertti Alasuutari has written a most impressive review and analysis of the processes involved, integrating ideas and adding many new ones. His book will be of great interest to anyone interested in contemporary globalization." John W. Meyer, Professor of Sociology, emeritus, Stanford University1. Introduction 2. Synchronization Through Epistemic Governance 3. The Formation, Spread and Use of World Models 4. The Construction of Parallel Domestic Realities 5. Cross-National Discourses and American Unilateralism 6. The Epistemic Capital of Organizations 7. The Transnational Circulation of Catchwords 8. The Global Incorporation of Uniqueness 9. Conclusion

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Tytuł: The Synchronization of National Policies
Autor: Pertti Alasuutari
Producent: Taylor
ISBN: 9780415815635
Rok produkcji: 2015
Ilość stron: 228
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.5 kg

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